(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1974 1980 Atlanta Flames Team Formation It announced on November 9, 1971, that it was expanding to Long Island and Atlanta. The Atlanta franchise was awarded to Tom Cousins, who also owned the Atlanta Hawks basketball team, and would play out of the Omni Coliseum. The team cost $6 million. Move to Calgary As the …

(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({}); 1980 1983 1989 Moving to Calgary Cousins announced that he was seeking to sell the club following the Flames’ exit from the playoffs. He claimed to have suffered significant financial losses on the team while low viewership hampered his ability to sign a television contract for the team. The team, estimated to have lost $12 …